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capacitor
CIDE DICTIONARY
capacitor, n.
a device used in electronic circuits to hold electrical charge, consisting of two conducting plates separated by a nonconducting (dielectric) medium; it is characterized by its capacitance. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
capacitor, n. Electr. a device of one or more pairs of conductors separated by insulators used to store an electric charge.
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